Prof. F.G. (Frank) Grosveld

Frank Grosveld (b. 1948) is Professor of Cell Biology and Genetics at Erasmus
University Rotterdam.

Professor Grosveld's work is of an exceptionally high standard in terms of
both quantity and quality. His list of publications, mostly in top international
journals, is impressive.

International recognition of his ability is demonstrated by awards such as
the Jeantet Prize for Medicine (1991) and the Howard Hughes International
Research Scholar Award (1992). He was elected a member of the European Molecular
Biology Organization (EMBO) in 1986. Memberships of the Academia Europaea, the
Royal Society and the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
followed in 1990, 1991 and 1994 respectively. He also sits on several advisory
committees.

Professor Grosveld is a stimulating and innovative scientist. His work
focuses on the regulation of gene expression and the interest of many young
researchers from the Netherlands and beyond. Twenty EMBO fellows, six European
research programme fellows and twenty-one postdocs funded from other
international sources, together with six PhD students, worked under his
supervision during his time in the UK. In 1993 he returned to the Netherlands.
He has twelve postdocs and six PhD students working in his group. Professor
Grosveld is expected to maintain the high level of his research in recent years
for a long time to come.

The award of a NWO Spinoza Prize at this time, while he is building up a new
group in the Netherlands, will have a major impact. The prize will enable him to
expand the expensive infrastructure of a top molecular biology laboratory,
including a modern transgenic animal facility designed according to the latest
standards, which could serve as an international centre of research. The impact
will also radiate to other groups within the research school.

Spinoza Laureates

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